Kahlenbergerdorf

Location: 48°16′29″N 16°21′18″E / 48.27472°N 16.35500°E / 48.27472; 16.35500 Kahlenbergerdorf (Central Bavarian: Koinbeagaduaf) was an independent municipality until 1892 and is today a part of Döbling, the 19th district of Vienna.

Kahlenbergerdorf lies in the north of Vienna on the right-hand bank of the Danube river in a valley between the Nußberg and Leopoldsberg hills.

The parish cemetery lies amongst the vineyards above the centre of Kahlenbergerdorf, which covers a total area of 226,01 hectares.

Viticulture can be traced back 2500 years, when Celts settled in the vicinity of the Leopoldsberg hill[citation needed].

After the dissolution of the Camaldolese hermitage on the Kahlenberg hill, the area was made available for construction and a small settlement arose, which was given the name Josefsdorf in 1784 in honour of Joseph II.

Thanks to its location on the edge of a narrow valley between the Danube and the Leopoldsberg, Kahlenbergerdorf has been able to maintain its original character.

The area as far as the “nose” of the Leopoldsberg was included along with its neighbours Sievering, Grinzing, Oberdöbling, Unterdöbling, Nußdorf and Heiligenstadt in the district of Döbling, while the rest of Kahlenbergerdorf was allocated to Klosterneuburg.

It had been designed as a point for boats to wait before entering the harbour in Freudenau and was meant to serve numerous small ships.

It only ever became economically important for the logging industry, and after World War II it was converted into a marina for rowing clubs and motorboats.